Thinking Through Tourism

ISBN-13: 9781847885319 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 286 str.

Julie Scott

Opis

The study of tourism has made key contributions to the study anthropology. This volume defines the current state of the anthropology of tourism, examining political, economic, ideological and symbolic themes. An extraordinarily rich collection of case studies illustrate topics as diverse as monastic hospitality, sex and tourism, concepts of enchantment, colonial consumers, boundaries created by gender and ethnicity, as well as issues like consumerism, modernism, and nationalism. The book also covers to practical and policy issues related to urban, rural, and coastal planning and development.
Thinking Through Tourism assesses the enormous potential contribution that analyses of tourism can offer to the mainstream of anthropological thinking. The volume opens up new avenues for enquiry and is an essential resource for students and scholars of anthropology, geography, tourism, sociology and related disciplines.

Spis treści

Notes on Contributors Foreword Margaret E. Kenna, Swansea University1. Introduction: Thinking Through Tourism - Framing the Volume Julie Scott, London Metropolitan University and Tom Selwyn, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London2. Contours of a Nation: Being British in Mallorca Hazel Andrews, Liverpool John Moores University3. The Sex of Tourism? Bodies Under Suspicion in Paradise Susan Frohlick, University of Manitoba ,Winnipeg, Canada4. Belonging at the Cottage Julia Harrison, Trent University, Ontario, Canada5. Tourists, Developers and Civil Society: On the Commodification of Malta's Landscapes Jeremy Boissevain, University of Amsterdam6. Enchanted Sites - Prosaic Interests. Traders of the Bazaar in Aleppo Annika Rabo, Stockholm University7. Tropical Island Gardens and Formations of Modernity David Picard, University Nova of Lisbon, Portugal8. Of Jews, Christians, and Travellers in Crete: Recovered ‘Roots', Unwanted ‘Heritage' Vassiliki Yiakoumaki, University of Thessaly (Volos), Greece9. Tourist Attractions, Cultural Icons, Sites of Sacred Encounter: Engagements with Malta's Neolithic Temples Kathryn Rountree, Massey University10. ‘Hotel Royal' and other Spaces of Hospitality: Tourists and Migrants in the Mediterranean Ramona Lenz, University of Frankfurt/Main11. Anthropology, Tourism and Intervention? Simone Abram, Leeds Metropolitan UniversityPostlude Nelson Graburn, Hearst Museum, Berkeley

O autorze

Julie Scott is Senior Research Fellow in Culture, Tourism and Development at London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan University. Tom Selwyn is Professorial Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.